As many pupils attend 'remote' classrooms during the pandemic, one teacher has gone above and beyond to help a student with schoolwork.

Katie Ricca, a teacher in the Florida town Panama City, has dazzled her first-year primary school students with live story time sessions every evening.

Describing her class as "very social", one night Ricca noticed one of her students, Hannah, normally a "very cheerful young lady", appeared withdrawn.

"Our class tried talking to her but you could tell something was bothering her," Ricca told Good Morning America.

Ricca touched base with Hannah's mother Kelley Close after she left the class early, learning the student had confided in her parents that she had been feeling "sad but didn't know why."

The next day, seven-year-old Hannah received the surprise of her schooling life.

Katie Ricca sat with her student to see if she was feeling okay amid coronavirus lockdown. (Facebook)

Ricca surprised her student in the driveway, with several picture books in hand to brighten her day. She sat two metres away, abiding by social distancing principles, while the pair discussed Hannah's chalk drawings and their feelings during "quarantine season".

Close said Ricca — herself a mother of five — spent hours comforting her daughter, letting her know "it's OK to chill out and it's even OK to cry about it."

Ricca told her student to remember "even though we're separated, we're all going through the same thing at the same time."

Close applauded the school teacher's selflessness, commending her for balancing a full home of children to homeschool, while managing online classes for 18 students and reading classes for an additional 18.

"Even with all of that, she sat on the hard concrete of my driveway talking to my daughter for an hour just to make sure her student was OK," said Close.

"With all the craziness in our world right now, these are the things I want to remember about this time," she added.

Close captured the heartwarming moment, sharing an image of her daughter listening while the teacher read aloud from a picture book.

"This woman has FIVE kids at home and STILL she sat in my driveway for an hour to make sure Hannah was okay," she wrote.

The post has since garnered the praise of Facebook users globally, with over 600 shares.

"Teachers like Katie are all over and truly they are gems!" wrote one user.

"That's a hero right there!" commented another.

Katie Ricca pictured with two of her five children. (Facebook)

When asked about her decision to see her student, Ricca said relationships were more important to her than academics.

"Seeing my student upset, I knew I had to show her I care. She didn't need more math practice; she needed me to show her I understood her feelings and that she wasn't alone," she said to Good Morning America.